ONE YEAR PHOTOS

I found out about Fotofly through a friend just after Olive was born.  We have taken her there for ALL of her pictures and are always 100% satisfied.  They do a G R E A T job and every single photographer works so well with olive. I love Fotofly for many reasons...

they are reasonably priced

they are quick

and!

 you get your photos that SAME day!

so of course i took olive to Fotofly for her One Year/Cake Smash pictures.  I love Fotofly anyways, but this was by far the best session there! the photographers were SO amazingly good with olive, and she absolutely LOVED them!! We got so many pictures back and i'm in love with every single one! i wasn't disappointed with any of them! 

here's a few of my favorites, i don't know how i'm going to pick which ones i want to hang on our wall!

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

it's a rare occasion when dave takes a day off of work, so i was really excited when he told me the shop was closed on Memorial Day.  Our Memorial Day weekend was definitely a busy one. we were going non-stop! our pool is finally open, so we spent sunday afternoon at the pool. the water was FREEZING so none of us really got in. Although, dave bribed me to jump in for 100 bucks. so of course i did it! duh! easy one hundred dollars! sunday night a few of us went up the B to go camping! we were very unprepared, and we didn't get up there until about 10:00pm . olive actually slept through the night! i was so worried about taking her camping, only because i didn't want to be up all night long! but she did fabulous!! we'll be taking plenty more camping trips this summer! monday we had our memorial day breakfast at my grandma's house and then our BBQ at my dad's! all in all, it was a great weekend. an exhausting... great weekend! we are so thankful for all of those who serve and have served our country as well as loved ones who have passed! hope everyone had a great weekend!

(olive at the pool)

(my two favorite people // and my bff little sister)

(oh, and enjoy a sneak peek of olive's "one year" photos! we got them done today and i can't wait to see them! my baby turns ONE T O M O R R O W!!! :( )

PURPLE WADING POOL

we decided to get a little wading pool for gramma's backyard this summer. and today was the day to pull it out. olive was super excited and thought it was the coolest thing ever..... for a little bit. and then she wanted to get out. maybe it was the wind + chilly water. ;) 

we, hands down, have the cutest child alive.

SUNSHINE

With the weather being ahhh-mazing the last little while, Olive and I have been making sure to get out of the house to soak up all the lovely Vitamin D. She's loving it, I'm loving it. and by the end of the day we are both completely worn out. I just can't wait for the weather to get warmer and STAY warmer for a little while! here is all our adventures in a few pictures!

(Celebrating my two May birthday loves!!)

(Enjoying all the fountains at City Creek)

(Bath Time Happens SO much more often then before // Another Birthday Celebration)

(We decided to have dinner & snow cones in the bed of Dave's new truck // Olive chasing the soccer ball around the park)

(Olive's First Snow Cone! MMMMM)

(Playing in Olive's new swim suit.  We were heading to the splash pad, that wasn't running!)

(Tired, Exhausted, Worn Out, Cute baby girl])

AQUARIUM PLAY DATE

last week, olive and i had a play date with my friend ashlyn and her little boy beckham! we had decided that the babies would probably enjoy the aquarium now that they are a little bit older!! olive had a lot more fun when she wasn't in her stroller. our favorites were the penguins, sharks and the big fish tanks!!

(aren't they the cutest little babies you've ever seen?!)

(don't mind my child's "blank stare" look in our selfie)

(the penguins & the big tanks of fishies were probably the babes favorite thing)

(olive thought it was so cool that i let her out of the stroller and explore on her own)

(my favorite part of the whole aquarium was definitely the shark tank.  for some reason my phone was acting up so i couldn't ever get a good picture of the sharks)

HAPPY LATE MOTHER'S DAY

life gets way too crazy busy with an 11 month old who can W A L K now! i never have time to just sit down and blog. it's horrible.  i wanted to post this quote on Mother's Day, but between spending time with my two little lovers and visiting family i just didn't get to it.

when my dad stopped by to wish me a happy mother's day, he told me he read this quote above. and i absolutely loved it. because it is so true.

the day olive was born, a mother was born too. i became a mom! olive is the biggest blessing in our lives, and i feel like for me especially.  i have learned so much from her this past year.  i am so glad she chose dave and i to be her parents.  we love her beyond words and can't imagine life without her! i L O V E being a mom!

we also not only have two amazing mother's of our own, but S O many motherly figures that we look up to. me especially! i'm so thankful that i have all of you in my life to learn from.

so happy LATE mother's day to all you mothers!

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY AND I'LL CRY IF I WANT TO!

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y to my one & only!! man, am i glad he was born 29 years ago! Dave is a little bit of a party pooper when it comes to his birthday and holidays. and when i say a little, i mean a lot!! (so this title suits him well!!) this year he was particularly stubborn! boo! so it was pretty difficult to plan an enjoyable day for him. i wasn't allowed to buy him any gifts, although i still did. he said the only thing that he wanted was a snickers and a red bull. so a snickers and a red bull he got! i also bought him a few shirts and took him shoe shopping at his favorite soccer store here in bountiful. two things he had mentioned he wanted the past few weeks! i made him a pretty big breakfast . . . belgian waffles, eggs and turkey bacon . . .  mmmmmm! and off to work he went. i took a quick trip to the gym and got in a short three mile run and then olive and i came back home to get ready for the night! we rarely go out just the two of us, so i thought it would be fun to go to dinner to spend time together, ya know as a couple! :) we took olive up to dave's parents and then went shopping!! which dave got a pretty cool pair of new shoes! afterwards, we headed to Robininto's in bountiful. it's been our place of choice lately. it's delightful!! before we picked up olive we did a little browsing at walmart and ended up at cold stone for some birthday ice cream!! over all i'm thinking dave had a great day, despite the party pooper mood.

dave is a whoppin' 29 years old, one more year until the big 3-0!! here are 29 reasons why i love my daveey baby!!

1 || he makes me laugh
2 || he is my dream come true
3 || he is a very hard worker
4 || he gives me the life i have always dreamed of, a stay at home mom! with a perfect husband!
5 || his eyes light up the room
6 || he is my best friend
7 || he gave us a beautiful daughter
8 || he is THE BEST father to olive
9 || his singing and made up songs
10 || i love that he loves his long hair
11 || his smile
12 || he is talented
13 || he knows how to push my buttons and i love him for it
14 || i love our late night talks
15 || and all of our weekly tv shows we watch together
16 || he pushes and encourages me to be my best
17 || he is very supportive of all my crazy ideas
18 || he puts up with my OCD
19 || plain and simple he makes me CRAZY happy
20 || he always puts others before himself
21 || his voice (especially when he talks about something he is passionate about)
22 || his ears
23 || his smell
24 || he is protective of his girls
25 || he makes olive happy
26 || i just love him guys
27 || he's super attractive!!!
28 || i love watching him play soccer. he loves it. and is good at it.
29 || he is my everything!!!

love you babe!! i hope you had a great 29th birthday!!!!